HUDSON YARDS, Manhattan (WABC) -- Some of the world's elite eaters gathered today for the official weigh-in ceremony for the annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating-Contest.

Joey Chestnut is once again top dog. The competitive-eating icon returned to the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest after being banned from last year’s competition and ate his way to a 17 th career ...

At 9 a.m. in Coney Island on the Fourth of July, a crowd was already snaking around the block of Nathan’s Famous original restaurant. They were, of course, waiting for the annual hot dog eating ...

Joey Chestnut returned to the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest after a one-year ban and, well, you can guess the rest. He performed like the GOAT he is. Chestnut, 41, won his 17th title, with an ...

Basketball has Michael Jordan, football has Tom Brady, but in the world of competition eating, Joey Chestnut reigns supreme. Despite a brief hiatus from Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest (he was banned ...

Joey Chestnut is once again top dog. The 41-year-old from Indiana relished the moment by eating 70.5 hot dogs in the 10-minute event — during which contestants chow down as many hot dogs and buns as ...

Chestnut, returning after a year’s absence, won his 17th title at the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest is dominating fashion. Chestnut, 41, of Westfield, Indiana wolfed down 70 ...